[Craig T]

Originally Posted by motion

I believe the Zika virus risk peaked a few months ago, so I can somewhat understand why the Brazilians would be a bit miffed if people were still making a big deal out of it. I usually find that 'scares' like this are hyped 100x by the media compared to actual risk. Its like people being afraid to go to Africa because of Ebola.

Ebola, H1N1, Swine Flu, Bird Flu..
All media created events. All came and went with zero affect. Zika is the same. People panicked watch the news - ratings rise - advertising cost increases - networks make more money. Zika will belong gone in another month.